Both qualified for the FHSAA state wrestling championships in Lakeland. There, they will likely meet many more competitors with similar hair-dont’s, including some wrestlers from Lemon Bay who will show up to the Lakeland Center on Friday with orange-dyed hair.

Apparently the orange hair almost didn't fly.

“Yesterday at practice the kids were talking about dyeing their hair and coach (Gary Jonseck) told them not to,” Lemon Bay athletic director Tom Catanzarite said. “Then they all came in today with orange hair. One thing led to another and coach told them that if they wanted to go to states they would have to dye it back.”

Things quelled after the parents had a meeting with the coach, Catanzarite said.

“It was just one of those kids things,” he said. "A lot to do about nothing."

The wrestlers who did dye their hair will be allowed to participate at states, Catanzarite said.